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Calgary: Some councillors have no appetite for fluoride debate
Fluoride is once again on the minds of Calgary’s elected officials, but not all are keen to discuss the enamel-building mineral. Councillors Peter Demong, Diane Colley-Urquhart and Richard Pootmans want to discuss a 2011 decision to remove fluoride in the wake of a February studying comparing the teeth of children in Calgary and Edmonton. But, […]
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Calgary: …What to watch for at city council Monday
Excerpt from longer article on that includes several other city issues FLUORIDE It’s an issue that has plagued city council for decades and once again it’s back on the agenda. Councillors Peter Demong, Diane Colley-Urquhart and Richard Pootmans want to re-examine a 2011 decision to remove fluoride from Calgary’s water supply and have put forward a […]
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Calgary: Some councilors want to re-open debate on putting fluoride in the water supply
Some city councilors want to bring back fluoride in Calgary’s water based on a report that shows cavities in children are on the rise. City council voted to stop adding fluoride to the water supply in 2011, but a report is causing some councilors to reconsider. The University of Calgary study shows the number of […]
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Calgary councillors want fluoride back on the agenda
Fluoride is back on the agenda at Calgary city council. Three city councillors are pushing to re-examine the discontinuation of fluoride in Calgary’s drinking water in the wake of a February study comparing the teeth of children in Calgary and Edmonton. [Note from FAN: this study was fatally flawed with key data omitted. See Overview, […]
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Alberta’s Oral Health Action Plan: Something to smile about
No parent wants to see a child suffering needlessly. When a youngster cries with pain, they feel the pain, too. But too many parents don’t seem aware of young children’s most common cause of pain, or how to prevent it. Oral health promoter Kristen Griffiths says that’s why Alberta Health Services is offering a variety […]
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Children’s teeth are rotting. Do we need fluoride back in our water supply? The Calgary-based School of Public Policy releases new paper
Early Childhood Caries (ECC, formerly called “baby bottle decay) is a serious disease that is about much more than cavities on baby teeth. In Canada, it is a growing public health problem with adverse long-term effects on children’s physical, emotional and intellectual well-being and a needless drain on costs in the public health-care system. A […]
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Grand Prairie: Water fluoridation a hot button topic
The issue of whether or not to fluoridate the city’s drinking water is a boiling hot topic right now and has caused a division among the community living committee (CLC) members. Coun. Chris Thiessen is against fluoridating the city’s drinking water as he views it as “forced medication of the population” and he’s worried about […]
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Airdrie-Calgary: Residents debate fluoride
A study released by the University of Calgary earlier this month linked the lack of fluoride in Calgary’s water—which is also consumed in Airdrie—to an increase in cavities [Note from FAN: see Calgary Fluoride Study Fatally Flawed; Key Data Omitted]. The study compared 5,000 Grade 2 students in Calgary—which removed fluoride from its water in […]
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Calgary. Province won’t fund city fluoridation: Alberta Health
The government won’t throw in its chips to fluoridate water, despite calls from some city councillors who say water fluoridation is a public health responsibility. The fluoride debate was revived after a University of Calgary study that found tooth decay in children has increased since the chemical was removed from the city’s drinking water. [Note […]
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Wood Buffalo has no plans to bring back fluoridation
There’s one way Tod Beaulne can tell how long a child has lived in Fort McMurray: look at their teeth. After forty years, the municipality stopped fluoridating Fort McMurray’s water supply during a province-wide shortage in 2007. Since then, Beaulne says he sees the consequences regularly as a dentist at Graystone Dental. “I notice young […]
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